The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-02-08
some Scottish Epitaphs

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pended are few collected from diff
erent churehyards throughout Scot
land
About fifteen years ago q strolling
musician of - diStingue appearance
OF the name OF Abercromby or " Crum-
NV as he was usually called. was
well-known throughout Scotland. He
supported himself and partner by his
penny whistle. with which he had no
difficult in charming the musical Of
any village. He was buried in the
churchvard of Cruden aberdeen
shire). He composed his own epitaph,
as follows =
Here Crumuy lies. enclosed IN wood.
Full six feet one ana better;
When tyrxnt Death grim O'er him stood
He faced him like halter.
Nov lies he low without boot.
Free from world Of hustle,
and silent now Is Crummy' flute
And awful dry his whistle.
The following Is copied from s tomb
stone. in the churchyard at Grail, in
the East Neuk Of Fife
/ Here lies nv good and gracious aun;y.
Whola Gslth mas packed II his portmanty,
Thrs5Sc0rs and ten years Cod did git her,
. And here she lies, vha dell daUrs lift her
In q slab in Cullen ehurchyard.
Aberdeenshire. Is this
4 "a HE jacet johannes Absrdoneusis,
Who 5rlit the churchyard dyke at his own
expenses
In the same ground IS the follow
+ ing graphic verse;
Here lies inferred q man o ulicht,
His name was Malcomb Downls:
he lost his life ae market nIcht
By iumblinS OF his pownie.
i On q tombstone in the old church
I ward Of Peterhead. Aberdeenshire.
/ there was wont TO be the following
+ inscription
1 Whs lies here:
John sim. ys nesdua sgier
HCllO. john, Is that yOLt
A.. ay. bC- I'm deed moo.
+ This from the old churchyard Of
Haddington:-
Underneath this stone doth lie
As much beauty IS could die.
" uicl. while It lived. did vlgOGr give
TO - much beauty as could live.
In the churchyard Of Newtyle,
/ Ruthyen. Perthshire, Is the following,
bearing date 1771:-
Here lies the body Of Robert Small
Who. when IN life. was thlch, not tall:
But what's OF greater Consequence,
He vas endowed with great sense.
The foHowing epitaph viii be found
on the headstone. No 1922, of the
i Howff OF Dundee
1880.
IN memory Of James
and another son
and i've other friends
who died IN infancy.
Erected by
James Stewart.
spirit merchant. Dundee.
ana his spouse
I and three other children.
4 Here Is another Dundee epitaph:-
J.P.P.
HaIleluiah.
Hallelujee.
Again
Here lie the banes o fanny Mssser.
OF tarry 200 lie was d dresser:
be had some faults. and mOnv merits
7 And died o drinking ardent SPIRITS.
The following Is from Aberdeen
churchyard. which Is rather rich in
rhymiDg and other epitaphs. 1t is
cut in very rude characters
Nav. glass Is. Ron.
And Yours. Is. Running.
BE. Ferd. To. Siu.
For. Death. Is Coming.
There is another from the same
place
All YOU Who doth behold this stone
Pray think how quickly l am gone:
Death does not always warning give,
Therefore be carful hov you live.
will conclude with the following
epitaph, perhaps the most remarkable
Of them all, which 1 copied from a
monument in Dunkeld Abbey. Perth
shire.
MARION SCOTT.
Died at Dunkeld. November p.
1727, and was buried in the Abbey.
Stay, passenger, until my life you read;
The living may get knowledge from the dead.
live times i've years I've lived 4 virgin life,
tlve times ten years | was virtuous wife
Five times ten years vas = widow chaste:
Nov, Eesr1ed of this mortal life, I rest.
BetEsen my cradle and my grave I've seen
Eight mighty Kings Of Scotland and Queen:
-Four times five years Commonwealth saw,
Six times the subjects rose against the law,
Twice did I see old prelacy pulled down.
And twice the cloak was humbIed by the gown
An end Of Stuart's race / saw-nay, more,
l say my country sold for English ore.
Such desOlstiOn in nv life hath been,
And end to all perfection have seen.
She lived in the reigns Of James
VI. Charles the 1. Oliver Cromwell
Commonwealth. Charles II, James
IL, William III, and Mary II. Anne,
George l. and George u.-Dstr0it
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